
Rui-De XueAnastasia Mosquito Control District, Florida, USA
Rui-De Xue
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Introduction
Biology and control of mosquitoes, evaluation of insect repellents, insecticide formulations, and population surveillance and control new technology, tools, and methods.
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- Professor (Associate)
October 1993 - April 2003
January 1989 - September 1991
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Background
Attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) have the potential to significantly reduce infective female Anopheles mosquitoes in arid areas, such as in Northern Mali. Malaria is epidemic in the north due to the limited viability of Anopheles species in the desert climate.
The goal of this study was to determine of the effect of ATSB on the nu...
The black saltmarsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus, is a prominent nuisance mosquito within St. Johns County, Florida. Due to their characteristically large outbreaks, and the elevated amount of insecticide application correlated with the outbreaks, local populations of Ae. taeniorhynchus are at an increased risk of developing insecticide resistanc...
Spatial repellents are becoming an integral part of the integrated mosquito management and are considered another tool to prevent mosquito-borne diseases. They are also gaining attention as a potential disease transmission breaking strategy. Current vector control practices are losing their viability due to resistance development in arthropods to s...
The impact of temperature and photoperiod on duration of gonotrophic development and fecundity in a Gainesville strain of Aedes albopictus Skuse were observed in laboratory settings. Photoperiodic regimens at 24L:0D, 14L:10D, 12L:12D, 8L:16D, and 0L:24D were tested on females reared at 25° C. A series of temperatures 15° C, 20° C, 25° C, 30° C, and...
Backpack mist sprayers have been used for control of adult mosquitoes on limited small scales. A study was conducted to evaluate three battery powered backpack sprayers to assess their suitability to apply adulticides. The three sprayers are the Field King 190515, the Ryobi One+, and the Tornado (model Spray Mate). The Field King operated at 276 kP...
A hand-held thermal fogger was evaluated to spray a mixture of adulticide (Aqualuer 20-20® containing permethrin and piperonyl butoxide) and a biological larvicide (VectoBac®12AS, containing Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis). Adulticide was applied at maximum label rate of 37 mL/ha while larvicide rates were 0.58, 1.76, 2.64, and 3.50...
The distribution of Aedes aegypti in St. Johns County (SJC), Florida is suggested to be coastal along the inter-coastal waterway. Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD) conducted a study to investigate the effects of salinity on the distribution of container- inhabiting Aedes in SJC. Mean weekly abundances of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus...
Temporal and spatial patterns of mosquito species distributions are influenced by weather conditions and climate, changes in water quality, and many other factors. Aedes taeniorhynchus and Aedes sollicitans are common salt marsh mosquitoes that cause many nuisance problems for human populations. St. Johns County (north-eastern Florida) has, over th...
Laboratory and field studies comparing the relative tolerance of mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) and non-target species, including the honey bee (Apis mellifera), and other non-target insects have shown that the non-target species can tolerate fairly well when exposed to insecticides used in mosquito control operations. Tolerance le...
It is a volume of the Journal of the Florida Mosquito Control Association. The JFMCA Vol. 71, 2024 included 4 reviews and opinions, 5 articles, 2 scientific notes, and annual meeting abstracts.
Strategies to advance action threshold development can benefit both civilian and military vector control operations. The Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD) has curated an extensive record database of surveillance programs and operational control activities in St. Johns County, Florida, since 2004. A thorough exploratory data analysis was pe...
Aedes aegypti is an anthropophilic mosquito that vectors dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever viruses. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s autocidal gravid ovitraps (AGOs) may facilitate the control of container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes and curb arbovirus outbreaks by taking advantage of oviposition-seeking behavior u...
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, transmitted by Anopheles sinensis, Anopheles lesteri, Anopheles minimus, and Anopheles dirus in China. In 2021, the disease was eliminated in China after more than 70 years of efforts implementing an integrated mosquito management strategy. This strategy comprised indoor residual spra...
The mosquito family Culicidae is divided into two subfamilies named the Culicinae and Anophelinae. Nix, the dominant male-determining factor, has only been found in the culicines Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus, two important arboviral vectors that belong to the subgenus Stegomyia. Here we performed sex-specific whole-genome sequencing and RNAseq...
Mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) pose a significant public health concern globally, and India, with its unique eco-sociodemographic characteristics, is particularly vulnerable to these diseases. This comprehensive review aims to provide an in-depth overview of MBDs in India, emphasizing their impact and potential implications for global health. The a...
The Anastasia Mosquito Control District, which manages mosquitoes in St. Johns County in northeastern Florida, has observed that the maximum numbers of the salt marsh mosquitoes, Aedes taeniorhynchus and Ae. sollicitan appeared to shift or change relative to each other, as evidenced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light trap...
Aedes aegypti, an important vector in the transmission of human diseases, has developed resistance to two commonly used classes of insecticides, pyrethroids and organophosphates, in populations worldwide. This study examined sensitivity/resistance to chlorpyrifos, fenitrothion, malathion, deltamethrin, permethrin, and β-cyfluthrin, along with possi...
Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) are an effective mosquito control tool based on sugar feeding behaviors and oral ingestion. There is a demand from consumers for more effective active ingredients. Torac 15EC, containing tolfenpyrad, is a registered insecticide for control of agricultural pests, which may mean transferability to mosquito control....
Toxic sugar baits (TSBs) can be used to deliver insecticide material via ingestion instead of via contact through spraying of insecticides by targeting the resting and sugar-feeding behaviors of adult mosquitoes. This semi-field study aimed to evaluate the adulticidal and larvicidal dual action of a foliage spray of a TSB with a mixture of Bacillus...
A field study was conducted to evaluate control efficacy of ground ultra-low-volume (ULV applications (Aquareslin® against a natural population of Culex pipiens pallens in three different vegetation areas (dense, open (grassland, and sparsely vegetated in Changping county, Beijing City, China. Over 80% population decline rates (PDRs were achieved f...
Increased number of eye gnats often cause a nuisance problem in St. Johns County, Florida, during spring and summer. Anastasia Mosquito Control District, St. Augustine often receives service requests and complaints about the eye gnat problem. Evaluation of traps is critically important for surveillance and control of nuisance eye gnats. This study...
Mosquito control programs are utilizing cost-effective long-term autocidal traps targeting the gravid population of container-inhabiting and other mosquito species, with the aim of reducing vector populations and disease transmission risk. In this field study we directly compared the efficacy of two autocidal trap types-the Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap...
Synthetic acaricides have been the most used method for controlling tick populations. However, their frequent application has had negative impacts on treated animals and the environment and led to the development of resistance in tick populations. These factors generated interest and the need to find more environmentally friendly alternatives. In t...
A field evaluation study was conducted to understand the dispersion of spray from a truck-mounted ultra-low-volume (ULV) sprayer when released with the nozzle oriented at the conventional angle of 45° in addition to 22° and 0° with respect to ground surface. The study was conducted in an open grassy field at the Anastasia Mosquito Control District...
The distribution of mosquito communities is predicted by complex micro- and macrohabitat systems. While macrohabitat variables are significant in modeling the distribution of individual mosquito species, the distribution of mosquito communities in disturbed urban and semi-urban environmental gradients was overlooked in most of the previous models....
Keystone orthobunyavirus (KEYV), a member of the genus Orthobunyavirus , was first isolated in 1964 from mosquitoes in Keystone, Florida. Although data on human infections are limited, the virus has been linked to a fever/rash syndrome and, possibly, encephalitis, with early studies suggesting that 20% of persons in the Tampa, Florida, region had a...
Journal of the Florida Mosquito Control Association Vol. 70, 2023 has published 15 articles about the biology and control of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases, and other arthropods of public health importance. https://journals.flvc.org/jfmca
Background
Despite the use of numerous methods of control measures, mosquito populations and mosquito-borne diseases are still increasing globally. Evidence-based action thresholds to initiate or intensify control activities have been identified as essential in reducing mosquito populations to required levels at the correct/optimal time. This syste...
Fatty acids derived from natural oils are considered as perspective products for adoption as repellents. Fatty acids derived from coconut oil have shown promise as repellents. This study consisted of an olfactometer evaluation of new formulations containing medium-chain fatty acids for spatial repellency and an in laboratory arm-in cage study for c...
The mosquito family Culicidae is divided into two subfamilies named the Culicinae and Anophelinae. Nix, the dominant male-determining factor, has only been found in the culicines Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus, two important arboviral vectors that belong to the subgenus Stegomyia. Here we performed sex-specific whole-genome sequencing and RNAseq...
Background
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is emerging as a tool to supplement traditional pesticide‐based control of Aedes aegypti, a prominent mosquito vector of microbes that has increased the global burden of human morbidity and mortality over the past 50 years. SIT relies on rearing, sterilizing and releasing large numbers of male mosquitoe...
Spatial repellents are becoming an integral part of the integrated mosquito management and are considered another tool to prevent mosquito-borne diseases. They are also gaining attention as a potential disease transmission breaking strategy. Current vector control practices are losing their viability due to resistance development in arthropods to s...
Spatial repellents are becoming an integral part of the integrated mosquito management and are considered another tool to prevent mosquito-borne diseases. They are also gaining attention as a potential disease transmission breaking strategy. Current vector control practices are losing their viability due to resistance development in arthropods to s...
Presently, there is a need to develop effective and novel modes of control for mosquitoes, which remain a key driver of infectious disease transmission throughout the world. Control methods for these vectors have historically relied on a limited number of active ingredients (AIs) that have not experienced significant change in usage since the mid-2...
Citation: Campbell, L.P.; Guralnick, R.P.; Giordano, B.V.; Sallam, M.F.; Bauer, A.M.; Tavares, Y.; Allen, J.M.; Efstathion, C.; Bartlett, S.; Wishard, R.; et al. Spatiotemporal Modeling of Zoonotic Arbovirus Transmission in Northeastern Florida Using Sentinel Chicken Surveillance and Earth Observation Data. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 3388.
It has been reported that roughly 80% of vector control organizations throughout the southern USA lack critical capabilities to properly address potential vector populations and vector-borne diseases within their jurisdictions. This study further investigated current vector control capabilities and capacity within the states of Florida and Texas. I...
The irregular timing and spatial variation in zoonotic arbovirus spillover from vertebrate hosts to humans and livestock present challenges to predicting their occurrence from year to year and within their broader geographic range, compromising effective prevention and control strategies. The objective of this study was to quantify effects of lands...
The use of arthropod repellents is an important personal protective measure against vector-borne diseases. For contact repellents, the recommendation to apply repellents to all exposed skin could be relaxed if the repellent exhibits spatial repellency. In 2019, we evaluated four contact repellents containing a mixture of geraniol and soybean natura...
A field study was conducted to test bifenthrin as a barrier treatment for its residual effects on adult mosquitoes Aedes albopictus and honey bees Apis mellifera in Gainesville, Florida. Plant foliage was treated with an American LongRay misting sprayer machine at the label rate of 0.318 mL/ m². Treated plant leaves were then collected at 24 hr, on...
Eleven different carbohydrates were evaluated to determine the behavioral response of adult Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say and Aedes albopictus Skuse using an olfactometer. The carbohydrates used in the study are arabinose, fructose, glucose, maltose, melezitose, meliniose, raffinose, rhamnose, sucrose, trehalose, and turanose. The results showed th...
Mosquito control programs are utilizing cost-effective long-term autocidal traps targeting the gravid population of container-inhabiting and other mosquito species, with the aim of reducing vector populations and disease transmission risk. In this field study we directly compared the efficacy of the Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap (AGO) and In2Care mosqui...
An essential-oil adulticide formulation. BigShot Maxim Concentrate (14% cedarwood oil, 0.53% thyme oil, and 0.25% cinnamon oil), was evaluated using a wind tunnel against pyrethroid resistant (Puerto Rico, PR) and pyrethroid susceptible (Orlando, ORL) colony-reared strains of Aedes aegypti to determine whether the product could be used in operation...
Journal of the Florida Mosquito Control Association Vol. 69, 2022 published 2Opinio & Forum, 6 articles, and 6 Scientific and Operation Notes. The journal has been published at the FMCA website at www.yourFMCA.org and online at https//journals.flvc.org/jfmca Each article will has their DOI.
The experimental piperidine compounds 1-(3-cyclohexen-1-ylcarbonyl)-2-methylpiperidine (AI3-37220), 1-(3-cyclohexen-1-ylcarbonyl) piperidine (AI3-35765), and N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) were evaluated for the persistence of repellency against laboratory-reared Aedes albopictus Skuse and Culex nigripalpus Theobald using a modified dose-per...
Four novel commercial insecticide mixtures, composed of pyrethroid and nicotinoid active ingredients, were evaluated in a series of experiments in the laboratory, semi-field and field to determine acute toxicity (LC50) against pyrethroid-susceptible (ORL1952) and resistant (Puerto Rico) strains of Aedes aegypti L., and non-target adult European hon...
Application of permethrin products by ultra-low volume (ULV) spraying against the container-inhabiting mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) has been used for many years, but the impact of the insecticides on domesticated honey bees, Apis mellifera (Linnaeus) is still lacking. The present study was carried out to evaluate the impact of the permethrin p...
The use of synthetic insecticides has been the main approach in mosquito control programs (MCPs) to prevent or reduce mosquito populations. The global problem of insecticide resistance and the concern of environmental impacts of synthetic insecticides have resulted in the interest of botanicals as an alternative. In this study, the botanical produc...
The establishment of action thresholds is becoming critical in mosquito control management to implement effective proactive control measures using limited available resources. As a part of a large-scale study to identify different mosquito control action thresholds used in different geographical regions, we conducted an initial survey to identify m...
The chapter discusses the importance of ticks in public health and the extent of threats posed by tick-borne diseases to the wellbeing of humans. The history of tick control efforts highlights various developments over the years from monitoring tick populations to the development and use of tick repellents and control strategies. Different evaluati...
Mosquito-borne illnesses such as malaria and dengue fever continue to cause harm and death to humans on a global scale. Prevention of arthropod bites is one of the most basic defense strategies to prevent the transmission of pathogens, which occurs when an arthropod takes a blood-meal through its bite. Prevention of bites is dependent upon effectiv...
The field release of Wolbachia trans-infected male mosquitoes, as well as the use of toxic sugar baits, is a novel and promising candidate technique for integrated mosquito management programs. However, the methods of action of the two techniques may not be complementary, because the Wolbachia method releases mosquitoes into the environment expecti...
Rice cultivation is important in China with over 29.33 million hm² of rice fields, producing 28.9% of rice yields worldwide. Rice fields are mass breeding sites for mosquitoes with approximately 40 mosquito species found breeding amongst them. Anopheles sinensis, Anopheles lesteri, and Culex tritaeniorhynchus are the three main species that are fou...
There are several kinds of commercial traps available in the market for surveillance and control of female mosquitoes. Usually these traps target only hostseeking or gravid individuals but not both. This study examined whether CDC gravid, BG-Bowl, and a fan-operated CDC-autocidal gravid ovitrap, each baited with a BG lure and southern live oak (Que...
The Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD) of St. Johns County (SJC), St. Augustine, Florida, USA, was formed in 1948 to cover the 27 km2 of Anastasia Island and control the black salt marsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann). Today AMCD covers the entirety of SJC (1588 km2) and Ae. taeniorhynchus is still the most abundant mosquito spe...
Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) are a novel and effective mosquito control tool based on sugar-feeding behaviors and oral ingestion. In general, there is a demand from consumers for more novel control products with more effective active ingredients. Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTi) is a major larvicide for control of mosquito larvae. Th...
The purpose of this study was to perform descriptive and inferential analyses to better understand the presence of the abundant mosquito species Aedes atlanticus and Aedes infirmatus in St. Johns County, northeastern Florida. Historical surveillance data (2010-2019) obtained from Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns County, St. Augustin...
Sterile insect technique (SIT) using irradiated mosquitoes is an effective control method capable of being assimilated into integrated vector management (IVM) programs. Chemical control of mosquitoes using ultra-low volume (ULV) spray applications of pyrethroid and organophosphate insecticides is already an essential component of IVM programs. Prio...
Six insecticide active ingredients (AIs) and five commercial insecticide formulations were applied by topical application and onto filter paper strips to determine differential toxicity to Aedes aegypti (L.) and Apis mellifera (L.), and to evaluate their potential use in future insecticide resistance monitoring surveys. For topical application, 0.1...
Mosquito monitoring traps (i.e., CDC light traps) are crucial tools for basic vector ecology research, risk assessment, and vector control programs. Unfortunately, they are expensive which is often an issue in projects conducted in developing countries. Therefore, it would be desirable to have reliable but inexpensive alternatives based on existing...
The performance of the three-part mosquito lure ATRAKTA (1-octen-3-ol, ammonium bicarbonate, and lactic acid) was evaluated in two DynaTrap commercial mosquito traps (models DT160 and DT700) as well as in one model of CDC trap (model 512). Lures were evaluated fresh from the factory, after being aged in functioning traps under field conditions, and...
Spatial repellents (SR), include pyrethroid insecticides that are highly volatile at low temperatures and with high lethal activities against mosquitoes, mainly Aedes vectors of arboviral diseases. Of these SR, metofluthrin is widely used in various devices for repellent consumer products. This article reports the susceptibility status of Ae. aegyp...
Mosquito Control programs are utilizing cost-effective long term autocidal gravid traps because they minimize labor needs while targeting the gravid population of container-breeding mosquitoes. This field study compared the efficacy of the In2Care Mosquito Trap and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention autocidal gravid ovitrap (CDC-AGO). T...